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- STOCK MARKET CORRELATIONS AND CROSS-EQUITY HOLDINGS.
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ILIEV, RADOSLAV, Aysun, Uluc, University of Central Florida
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The objective of this research is to find how world stock markets correlate with each other and what causes that correlation. Multiple dependent variables that may have a high impact on correlations are tested, with a particular focus on cross-equity holdings. All the variables but one tested significant at the accepted 90% confidence level. The model showed a negative relationship between equity holdings and stock market correlation. The results may inspire further research with more in...
Show moreThe objective of this research is to find how world stock markets correlate with each other and what causes that correlation. Multiple dependent variables that may have a high impact on correlations are tested, with a particular focus on cross-equity holdings. All the variables but one tested significant at the accepted 90% confidence level. The model showed a negative relationship between equity holdings and stock market correlation. The results may inspire further research with more in depth analysis of international equity holdings and investor behavior in world stock markets.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2012
- Identifier
- CFH0004248, ucf:44919
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004248
- Title
- MODELING FINANCIAL MARKETS USING CONCEPTS FROM MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS AND MASS-SPRING SYSTEMS.
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Gandia, Michael, Das, Tuhin, University of Central Florida
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This thesis describes a method of modeling financial markets by utilizing concepts from mechanical vibration. The models developed represent multi-degree of freedom, mass-spring systems. The economic principles that drive the design are supply and demand, which act as springs, and shareholders, which act as masses. The primary assumption of this research is that events cannot be predicted but the responses to those events can be. In other words, economic stimuli create responses to a stock's...
Show moreThis thesis describes a method of modeling financial markets by utilizing concepts from mechanical vibration. The models developed represent multi-degree of freedom, mass-spring systems. The economic principles that drive the design are supply and demand, which act as springs, and shareholders, which act as masses. The primary assumption of this research is that events cannot be predicted but the responses to those events can be. In other words, economic stimuli create responses to a stock's price that is predictable, repeatable and scientific. The approach to determining the behavior of various financial markets encompassed techniques such as Fast Fourier Transform and discretized wavelet analysis. The researched developed in three stages; first an appropriate model of causation in the stock market was established. Second, a model of steady state properties was determined. Third, experiments were conducted to determine the most effective model and to test its predictive capabilities on ten stocks. The experiments were evaluated based on the model's hypothetical return on investment. The results showed a positive gain on capital for nine out of the ten stocks and supported the claim that stocks behave in accordance to the natural laws of vibration. As scientific approaches to modeling the stock market are beginning to develop, engineering principles are proving to be the most relevant and reliable means of financial market prediction.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- Identifier
- CFH0004657, ucf:45283
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004657
- Title
- MARKET-BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SHAREHOLDER VALUE: INVESTIGATING THE ROLES OF HUMAN CAPITAL AND FACTOR MARKETS IN MAXIMIZING RETURNS ON CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS.
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Milewicz, Chad, Echambadi, Raj, University of Central Florida
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The accountability of marketing investments continues to be a key area of concern for researchers and practitioners (MSI Research Priorities, 2008). In particular, market-based assets, specifically customer relationships, and their potential impact on firm performance are a significant source of interest. Though research in this area continues to grow, little is understood about how investments in human capital and the acquisition of alliance partners through factor markets relate to customer...
Show moreThe accountability of marketing investments continues to be a key area of concern for researchers and practitioners (MSI Research Priorities, 2008). In particular, market-based assets, specifically customer relationships, and their potential impact on firm performance are a significant source of interest. Though research in this area continues to grow, little is understood about how investments in human capital and the acquisition of alliance partners through factor markets relate to customer relationship management and the impact of customer relationships on performance. This dissertation presents two studies which, together, investigate how investments in market-based assets influence on abnormal stock returns. In the first study, the resource-based view of the firm (Barney 1991) is used to posit several hypotheses related to investments in human capital. The hypotheses are tested using ten years of data from the U.S. airline industry and analyzed using a mixed-effects methodology. Results indicate that investments in customer service personnel impact abnormal stock returns through their impact on customer relationships. Moreover, these investments tend to have decreasing returns in terms of their impact on customer relationships, and the relative strength of this relationship is shown to be contingent upon a firm's service delivery capabilities, advertising expenditures, and operating focus. This study helps clarify how market-based assets are managed, how investments in specific resources used to manage them relate to stock returns, and why the same dollar invested in human capital by different firms can lead to different levels of returns. The second study also takes a resource-based view of the firm and the management of market-based assets. From this perspective, alliances are considered as external resources acquired in strategic factor markets (Barney 1986) for the purpose of complimenting a focal firm's strategy and performance. This study investigates the long-term impact of alternative types of alliances and the potential impact of alliance partners' customer relationship management capabilities on a focal firms' performance. Just as in study one, ten years of U.S. airline data are used, and a mixed-effects methodology is implemented to test hypotheses. Results indicate that the direct benefits of horizontal marketing alliances tend to be positive, but dependent upon the extensiveness of the alliance. Furthermore, it is revealed that the impact of a partner's customer relationship management capabilities on a focal firm's performance is contingent upon whether the partner's capabilities are similar or dissimilar relative to the focal firm. In short, results indicate that when differences exist, the positive impact of a focal firm's customer relationship management capabilities can be reduced to almost zero if that firm allies with a less competent partner. Taken together, these studies tend to suggest that firms which learn to successfully manage investments in customer relationships may risk nullifying expected positive returns if they simultaneously select alliance partners which are less successful at managing such investments. Similarly, firms which are not able to improve their own management of customer relationships can potentially limit the potential negative consequences by allying with more able firms. In all, this dissertation helps address the accountability issue for marketers.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- Identifier
- CFE0002769, ucf:48119
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- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002769
- Title
- GDP GROWTH DIFFERENCES AND FINANCIAL CONTAGION: EVIDENCE FROM THE 2008-2009 SUBPRIME CRISIS.
- Creator
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Marquez, Jose, Aysun, Uluc, University of Central Florida
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Trend and panel data analyses are used to determine the role of financial variables in GDP growth differences during the last global recession. Real variables are implemented in order to absorb real shocks and give a better (less biased) estimation of the effects of those nominal (financial) shocks. Results indicate an important role of Stock Market correlations.
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Identifier
- CFH0004462, ucf:45084
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004462
- Title
- A PRICE-VOLUME MODEL FOR A SINGLE-PERIOD STOCK MARKET.
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Chen-Shue, Yun, Yong, Jiongmin, University of Central Florida
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The intention of this thesis is to provide a primitive mathematical model for a financial market in which tradings affect the asset prices. Currently, the idea of a price-volume relationship is typically used in the form of empirical models for specific cases. Among the theoretical models that have been used in stock markets, few included the volume parameter. The thesis provides a general theoretical model with the volume parameter for the intention of a broader use. The core of the model is...
Show moreThe intention of this thesis is to provide a primitive mathematical model for a financial market in which tradings affect the asset prices. Currently, the idea of a price-volume relationship is typically used in the form of empirical models for specific cases. Among the theoretical models that have been used in stock markets, few included the volume parameter. The thesis provides a general theoretical model with the volume parameter for the intention of a broader use. The core of the model is the correlation between trading volume and stock price, indicating that volume should be a function of the stock price and time. This function between price and time was made visible by the use of the trading volume process, also known as the Limit Order book. The development of this model may be of some use to investors, who could build their wealth process based on the dynamics of the process found through a Limit Order Book. This wealth process can help them build an optimal trading strategy design.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- Identifier
- CFH0004689, ucf:45245
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004689